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Thunderbirds is a 2004 science fiction action-adventure film [2] directed by Jonathan Frakes, written by William Osborne and Michael McCullers, and based on the television series of the same name created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson.
Lew Grade, the Andersons' financial backer, was so impressed by the production that he ordered APF to re-write and extend every Thunderbirds episode from 25 to 50 minutes so that the series would fill a one-hour TV timeslot. Well received on its first broadcast, [1] "Trapped in the Sky" is widely regarded as one of the best episodes of ...
Virgil, Alan and Gordon arrive in Thunderbird 2. Alan and Gordon man tranquiliser guns and subdue two of the alligators. When the third returns to the house, Alan exits Thunderbird 2 on another hover-jet to lure it away. He hits a tree and falls off the hover-jet, but is saved by Gordon, who tranquilises the alligator before it reaches Alan.
Sophia Myles (given name pronounced / s ə ˈ f aɪ. ə / [2]) is an English actress.She is best known in film for portraying Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward in Thunderbirds (2004), Isolde in Tristan & Isolde (2006), Darcy in Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014), Erika in Underworld (2003) and Underworld: Evolution (2006) and Freya in Outlander (2008).
This episode marks the first use of Thunderbirds ' regular ending theme music: a modified version of the instrumental that accompanies the launch of Thunderbird 1 in "Trapped in the Sky". [13] The incidental music for "Pit of Peril", composed by Barry Gray , was recorded on 24 April 1965 in a four-hour studio session with a 22-piece orchestra.
Tim Bevan, producer of the 2004 film, called Tracy Island "one of the main characters of the original Thunderbirds series". [8] Rob McLaughlin of the entertainment website Den of Geek named it the seventh-best secret base in film and TV but challenged one particular design aspect: "There's the small matter of the ever-present risk of a great big rocket ship appearing out the bottom of [the ...
Thunderbird 2 ' s magnetic grabs cannot get a purchase on the car, so Virgil and Alan release a set of guide cables. Climbing onto the roof, Parker hooks the cables with the handle of Penelope's umbrella and attaches them to the car. Virgil and Alan fire Thunderbird 2 ' s retro-rockets, bringing the car to a halt but also throwing Parker off ...
The problem is compounded when Chip coaxes his hosts into recalling past rescue missions: Virgil explains Thunderbird 2 ' s role in saving Eddie Houseman, who was trapped in a truck teetering on a cliff edge (as seen in "End of the Road"); Alan, pilot of Thunderbird 3, discusses the rescue of the Sun Probe astronauts ("Sun Probe"); Scott ...